Tony Schick
Tony Schick is an investigative editor and reporter at OPB.
Tony previously worked as the web editor for Investigative Reporters and Editors, a journalism nonprofit based in Columbia, Missouri. He has worked as a freelance reporter and researcher since 2007.
He has undergraduate degrees in journalism and sociology from Gonzaga University, where he spent enough time after hours in the student newsroom that he and his wife named their dog, Myron, after the building’s beloved overnight custodian. He received his master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.
Tony was born and raised in Portland.
Latest Stories
‘Salmon Wars’ episode 2: The treaties
To understand the struggles over salmon, we have to go back to 1855. The “Salmon Wars” podcast tells the story of salmon in the Northwest through the voices of one Yakama Nation family.
‘Salmon Wars’ episode 1: The family
“Salmon Wars” tells the story of salmon in the Northwest in a way you haven’t heard before — through the voices of one Yakama Nation family who have been fighting for salmon for generations. In episode 1, host Tony Schick introduces us to Randy Settler and his family.
‘Salmon Wars’ tells the story of salmon in the Northwest in a way you haven’t heard before
We take a deep dive into the hidden history, investigate who’s to blame for the salmon vanishing, and explore what can be done before it’s too late.
Oregon’s drug decriminalization aimed to make police a gateway to rehab, not jail. State leaders failed to make it work
Just over three years since Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 110, elected officials want to repeal key elements, blaming the law for open drug use and soaring overdoses. But it’s their own hands-off approach that isn’t working, advocates say.
In a major shift, Northwest tribes — not US officials — will control salmon recovery funds
The Biden administration punted on key demands from Indigenous leaders to tear down hydroelectric dams hindering salmon. But tribes won control over $1 billion for other salmon efforts.
Reports: Muddy water from reservoir drawdowns strains Willamette Valley cities’ water treatment
Several cities in Oregon’s Willamette Valley have seen excessively muddy water flowing into their drinking water systems as a result of upstream reservoirs being drained, the Salem Statesman-Journal has reported.
9 times the US Army Corps of Engineers miscalculated badly at the expense of taxpayers, wildlife
The agency has a history of diving into big construction projects that exceed projected costs, fall short on projected benefits and, in some cases, create new problems that engineers hadn’t bargained for.
‘Killing salmon to lose money’: A costly, questionable plan on the Willamette
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer has ruled out opening Willamette River dams and letting fish coast the natural current to help improve survival numbers. It would cost next to nothing and has worked before. The Corps says a costly fish collection machine is the only way to save salmon without disrupting dam operations essential to hydropower customers, farmers and boaters. But in documents and interviews, those users say they can go without.
Biden administration promises $200 million to help reintroduce salmon in Columbia River
Dams have blocked salmon's passage, driving them toward extinction and violating tribal fishing rights. The money will fully fund Native tribes’ plans to bring fish back to the region.
Federal audit finds financial mismanagement at Oregon boarding school for Native Americans
The Interior Department’s inspector general blamed both school administrators and federal supervisors for poor accounting and oversight.